YES!!! Bring back the Goose! He knows what Tech is all about; he was successful as a player and a student; I.e. he is a pretty smart guy. And he had guts! I had no idea he was still active in football, much less an OC (co) in the NFL. Best idea I have seen on this blog.An outside the box with some risk. George Godsey QB and OC. He has experience mostly in the NFL (some college) under some good coaches. He has bounced around, many coaches do (look at Saban he did the same in his early career). Godsey was a success at GT as a player not because of raw talent but "football smarts". He has been coaching a while now and is co OC at Miami Dolphins now.
YES!!! Bring back the Goose! He knows what Tech is all about; he was successful as a player and a student; I.e. he is a pretty smart guy. And he had guts! I had no idea he was still active in football, much less an OC (co) in the NFL. Best idea I have seen on this blog.
Replace them, or Collins, with Homer Rice's statue.So in our fan base I have seen a lot of the fans asking what to do with the coaching staff.
I have been behind Collins this whole time. I was a big believer in Andrew Thacker. I have never liked Dave Patenaude and thought he was a really bad hire for the program (my opinion on Patenaude).
So thinking in the future and my opinion of what will happen after the uga game. I think Thacker and Patenaude are both gone. Just mine opinion but something has to change. On the defensive side of the ball. Coordinators that I would be okay with bringing to the flat. We are not going to bring a DC from other power 5 schools meaning your not getting Venables. Now if they are the Co-DC at a power 5 school then that's a different story. So this name was mentioned yesterday. Nate Woody, when he was here at tech for the one year. Our defense was in the top half of FBS schools. Except for points allowed I believe. Other coordinators are: Chad Staggs DC at CCU, Charlie Strong Assistant head coach & inside linebackers coach at Jacksonville *not likely but a name to throw out*, Charles Kelly associate defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Alabama. Kelly replace AL Grove at Tech in 2012 for a half season. Under him our defense was pretty good. Lastly, Jon Tenuta defensive analyst at Virginia Tech. When Tenuta was the DC on the flats our defense ranked in the top 25 in most categories. These are just name that's pops up first.
Moving on to the offensive side of the ball. Now I was reading an article yesterday from back when Collins was hired. Some of the fan base wanted to see Patrick Nix back as the OC. This would be a cheaper hire since he is the head coach of Centeral HS in Phenix City Alabama. Willy Korn Co-OC at CCU, Zach Kittley OC at Huston Baptist, Brent Key, Tashard Choice, Ian Shoemaker OC at Eastern Washington. These a few names that come to mind as replacements.
Now everyone will have different opinions and might question why to some of the names. At the end of the day if Collins replaces both DC and OC. I hope he does! Any of these names listed I would be perfectly fine with.
GO JACKETS!
The sad thing is after this season we will wait 10 months for a another football season and be so excited for another year to watch the jackets then by the end of September when we 1 and 3 we be wishing the season be over with again. And yes I truly believe that Thacker Coleman burton and popivich(or whatever his name is all I know he’s bad also) will be gone after the season but who going to replace them is the question.
He is a slime ball but he sure can coach QBs and offenseproblem is he is 65
IF money is spent, I want it to go to the opposite side of the ball myself.Hypothetically if Dan Mullen is fired... Do you think he'd have any interest in running our offense for 2 or 3 years?
He has an existing relationship with Geoff Collins going back to MSST days. Geoff could promise him full autonomy. (Obviously GT would have to pony up for a serious offensive coordinator, but perhaps that is something we could manage with the UF buyout being $12,000,000.)
We do have some promising young QB, WR, TE, RBs... OL is basically a full rebuild. Could rehab his image with a GT turnaround sooner than going to HC a smaller school.
For the record, I don't think he gets fired at UF.
This is a thought I have been having. Why not try and bring in some fired head coaches that made their name as either an Offensive or Defensive Coordinator. They are already getting a payday from their previous school and could potentially help CGC with some of the Head Coaching issues he is deficient in.Hypothetically if Dan Mullen is fired... Do you think he'd have any interest in running our offense for 2 or 3 years?
He has an existing relationship with Geoff Collins going back to MSST days. Geoff could promise him full autonomy. (Obviously GT would have to pony up for a serious offensive coordinator, but perhaps that is something we could manage with the UF buyout being $12,000,000.)
We do have some promising young QB, WR, TE, RBs... OL is basically a full rebuild. Could rehab his image with a GT turnaround sooner than going to HC a smaller school.
For the record, I don't think he gets fired at UF.
Brides as OC and someone similar as DC. They can adjust on the fly and lay out a real game plan.